2019 HATalk Competition Entry

Valentina Kirillova

Valentina Kirillova – Russia

Equilibrium in my mind

Description

I want to bring rationality and logic even into creativity. The hat, which visualizes “Equilibrium in my mind,” is based on the theory of creative thinking of the British psychologist and writer Edward de Bono “Six Thinking hats.” He has said: “Without non-standard thinking, it is impossible to move forward!” Every day a person is filled with numerous solutions aimed at preserving life balance. The choice can be simple or difficult, but you always want to make this choice rational. How to achieve equilibrium making decisions, how to make an informed choice? It is necessary to think correctly! The Six Thinking hats’ method comes to help. This method divides the thinking process into six isolated ways; each of them is represented by a hat of its own color. “Being” in the appropriate hat, a person thinks in a strictly specified direction, analyzes the details. Then the person puts on his main blue hat. The blue hat is the control hat. It is used for thinking about thinking. The blue hat sets the agenda, focus and sequence, ensures the guidelines are observed and asks for summaries, conclusions, decisions and plans action. The shape of the mini-hats is not chosen by random. The square is a graphic symbol of the number 4, which is: the mystical union of 4 elements (earth, water, fire, air), 4 seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn), 4 parts of a day (morning, afternoon, evening, night), 4 stages of human life (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood), 4 centuries in the history of mankind (Golden, Silver, Bronze and Iron). According to psychogeometry, I am a woman-Square. The life basis of people-Square, the basis of my life, is Equilibrium. The spiral decor symbolizes the thirst for change, creativity, obsession with ideas, aspiration for the future, positive attitudes and openness to everything new.

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